by crissly | May 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Stewart says public interest in spiders and scorpions has exploded as people realize they are actually low-maintenance pets that don’t need walking three times a day and can be kept in apartments or small homes without a backyard. “They’re fascinating creatures,...
by crissly | Apr 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Advances in battery technology, for instance, have driven down electric vehicle prices, leading to increased adoption among drivers. The costs of lithium-ion batteries, and of wind and solar power, dropped by up to 85 percent between 2010 and 2019. In many cases, they...
by crissly | Feb 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Nuclear power plants rely on a principle of layered safety mechanisms. The risk of any one safety system failing is low—and so the risk of multiple systems collapsing like dominoes is exceedingly low. But an active war zone trips up that system, according to James...
by crissly | Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
This might seem like a minor concern, in the wake of coral bleaching and mass extinction, but it could have serious knock-on effects. Take salmon for instance: Smaller fish mean less money for the communities who rely on catching them. It means less food for the...
by crissly | Jan 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
The refreshing kombucha tea that’s all the rage these days among certain global demographics might also hold the key to affordable, environmentally sustainable living membranes for water filtration, according to a recent paper published in the American Chemical...